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How Bridesmaids Unlocked The Fearless Comedy of Melissa McCarthy
Not every actor gets an Oscar nomination for a comedic performance, but not every actor is as bold as Melissa McCarthy is in Paul Feig’s modern classic.
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Acting is an art form, and behind every iconic character is an artist expressing themselves. Welcome to
The Great Performances, a bi-weekly column exploring the art behind some of cinema’s best roles. In this entry, we examine Melissa McCarthy’s Oscar-nominated performance in Bridesmaids.
Just like how the Academy Awards routinely forgets to honor horror movies, they also rarely recognize comedians for their comedy. When an actor known for comedy is nominated for an Oscar, it’s almost always because they are delivering a “serious performance” that’s diametrically opposed to what made them famous.
Paul Feig,
Bridesmaids is massively successful for a number of reasons, including its stellar cast, its Oscar-worthy script, and its relentless laugh-out-loud humor. It was also revolutionary, confidently boasting an ensemble cast of all women in a genre that was, at the time, extremely male-dominated. And one of its most important scenes allowed women to claim the usual boys club of gross-out comedy as their own.
Bridesmaids follows the best-friendship of Annie (Wiig) and Lillian (
Maya
Rudolph), a lifelong bond that is put to the test when Lillian announces she is engaged to be married and then invites the chic and fashionable Helen (